Danny Cloghan, whose prior roles include being chief of staff to former health minister and attornery general Jim McGinty, is among six new appointments to Fair Work Australia.
Shares in Iron Ore Holdings have been placed in a trading halt as it continues talks with Rio Tinto over the possible sale of it Iron Valley deposit in the Pilbara.
A higher Australian dollar combined with lower commodity prices is expected to more than offset higher production volumes for the nation's resources sector, with export earnings tipped to fall 20 per cent in 2009/10.
Subiaco-based Sylvania Resources has conditionally raised nearly $18 million from a new institutional investor, with funds to be used for development and acquisitions.
Boom Logistics has won a contract to supply cranes and associated services for the construction of the $500 million accommodation village for the Gorgon gas project.
Shares in Bannerman Resources closed down 28 per cent after the release of prefeasibility study results pegged the capital cost of the Etango uranium project in Namibia at $US555 million ($A609 million).
Perth-based Rio Tinto executive Danny Goeman has been announced as the miner's new lead iron ore price negotiator for the company's Asian iron ore division.
St Barbara says it received strong support from existing shareholders for its $124 million capital raising, with the gold miner today completing the retail component of the offer.
Perth-based Mantra Resources will raise a total $C67.2 million ($A70 million) from North American and European institutional investors for its Mkuju River uranium project in Tanzania.
The local economy should take heart in the increase of full time jobs in November despite the unemployment rate rising by 0.2 per cent, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA says.
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is budgeting a further $US150 million to bring the Ravensthorpe nickel mine into production within 18 months, after it today announced it had bought the operation from BHP Billiton.
Shares in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have dropped as the mining giants enter the next stage of merging their Pilbara iron ore assets, expected to deliver more than $US10 billion in savings.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has welcomed several changes by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to the new awards system, which is due to start in several weeks.
Perth companies Kagara and Mermaid Marine Australia have been added to Standard and Poor's ASX 200 index, as part of the ratings agency quarterly rebalance of its indices.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia have risen for the first time in a year as small businesses rushed to take advantage of the government's tax break, new figures show.
The partners in the Woodside-led Browse Basin gas project must spend $1.25 billion within the next three years under the terms of a lease renewal offer made by the federal and state governments.
ETW Corporation, the listed shell of winemaker Evans & Tate, is planning to change its name to Alexium International Group after agreeing to buy a UK company developing a patented process called 'reactive surface technology'.
Northbridge-based Impact Minerals plans to raise $5 million through a placement managed by Hartleys, to ramp-up exploration at its Bostwana uranium project.
Fox Resources says it will restart production at its Radio Hill operation in the Pilbara earlier than expected and has forecast $16 million in savings in the first year of operation.
ANZ Banking Group says it has no material exposure to Dubai World, the debt-laden key holding company of theDubai Government while the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is keeping quiet on its possible debt exposures.
The Australian stock market slumped 2 per cent at open today after large falls in world markets as Dubai asks for a six-monthrepreive on its $63 billion debt.
The fallout from Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's support for an emissions trading scheme has prompted five of the Liberal Party's frontbenchers, including Tony Abbott, to resign today.
Perth-based engineering and construction contractor AusGroup has added to its order book by winning a $100 million contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
New data has further confirmed the downward trend in new vehicle sales in the state with the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing sales slumped nearly 10 per cent in the year to September.
